CITA 460 - Organizational & End User Information Systems

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): Senior Status
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is a study of guidelines, techniques, and principles of planning, implementing, and maintaining end-user information systems. The emphasis is on human/ computer interaction, usability, and human factors engineering, all of which leads to optimal organizational results, effectiveness, and competitiveness within the information system environments. Real-world user interface engineering models will be studied.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Utilize correct terminology to explain what a user interface is.
To explain what is meant by HCI (human-computer interaction), usability, and user interfaces.
To learn and understand the importance of usability engineering.
To list a minimum of three different models of usability.
To be able to discuss the differences between the different models of usability.
Able to define and document the user’s needs.
Able to understand and document the user interface that the user has in mind.
To analysis user context, tasks, and characteristics.
To create specifications for user context, tasks, and characteristics.
To explain the context, constraints, and responsibilities for user interface design.
Able to articulate types of interaction styles and how they relate to project situations.
Able to design the interaction and design a solution.